Research Progress of [68Ga]Citrate PET's Utility in Infection and Inflammation Imaging: a Review

T Xu, Y Chen - Molecular Imaging and Biology, 2020 - Springer
Imaging diagnosis of infection and inflammation has been challenging for many years.
Infection imaging agents commonly used in nuclear medicine, such as [67 Ga] citrate, 2 …

68Ga-Radiopharmaceuticals for PET Imaging of Infection and Inflammation

V Kumar, DK Boddeti - Theranostics, Gallium-68, and Other Radionuclides …, 2012 - Springer
Infection imaging has been challenging over the past four decades, which provided an
excellent playing field for researchers working in this area, and till date the quest continues …

Past and future of Ga-citrate for infection and inflammation imaging

M Vorster, J Buscombe, Z Saad… - Current Pharmaceutical …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Both 67Ga and 68Ga-citrates are used to detect a wide spectrum of pathology consisting of
various inflammatory, infectious and malignant conditions. Considering the now widespread …

Gallium-68 PET: a powerful generator-based alternative to infection and inflammation imaging

M Vorster, A Maes, C van de Wiele… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
The process of inflammation (with or without infection) forms part of essentially every major
debilitating disease. Early detection and accurate distinction of inflammation from infection …

Fast and simple one-step preparation of 68Ga citrate for routine clinical PET

SB Jensen, KM Nielsen, D Mewis… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The imaging of infectious and inflammatory diseases using gallium-67 (67 Ga) citrate
scintigraphy has been a well-established diagnostic tool for decades. In recent times …

68Ga-Citrate-PET for diagnostic imaging of infection in rats and for intra-abdominal infection in a patient

V Kumar, DK Boddeti, SG Evans… - Current …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Objectives: 67Ga-Citrate has been extensively used for infection and inflammation imaging
for the past four decades but has limitations. In the present study, we explored the ability of …

Imaging of infection and inflammation with^ sup 18^ F-FDG-labeled leukocytes

JN Rini, CJ Palestro - The quarterly journal of nuclear …, 2006 - search.proquest.com
Conventional scintigraphic imaging with^ sup 67^ Ga citrate and in vitro labeled leukocytes
is routinely used to evaluate infectious and inflammatory conditions. Recent studies suggest …

Prospective of 68Ga Radionuclide Contribution to the Development of Imaging Agents for Infection and Inflammation

I Velikyan - Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
During the last decade, the utilization of 68Ga for the development of imaging agents has
increased considerably with the leading position in the oncology. The imaging of infection …

A modified technique for efficient radiolabeling of 68Ga-citrate from a SnO2-based 68Ge/68Ga generator for better infection imaging.

M Vorster, B Mokaleng, MM Sathekge… - Hellenic journal of …, 2013 - europepmc.org
Our aim was to develop a practical method to prepare 68Ga-citrate using a SnO2-based
68Ge/68Ga generator and evaluate its use in infection imaging. 68Ga-citrate synthesis was …

Comparison between gallium‐68 citrate positron emission tomography‐computed tomography and gallium‐67 citrate scintigraphy for infection imaging

T Segard, LMJA Morandeau, ML Dunne… - Internal Medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Preliminary studies have reported promising results for the utility of gallium‐68
(Ga‐68) citrate positron emission tomography‐computed tomography (PET–CT) for infection …